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(ModeL) J. E. MERRIMAN.

Drawer Pull.

No. 234,139. Patented Nov. 9, 1880.

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Inventor 12 fulfil/w l5. Jlrrimam UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS E. MERRIMAN, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO FOSTER,MERRIAM & CO., ()F SAME PLACE.

DRAWER-PU LL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,139, dated November9, 1880.

Application filed September 1, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concernBe it known that I, J ULIUs E.1VIERRIMAN, of West Meriden, of the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Drawer- Pulls; and I do hereby declare the same to bedescribed in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a top view, Fig. 2 a sideelevation, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section, of a drawer-pull of myimproved kind. Fig. 4 is a top View of its fastening-screw. Fig. 5 is afront View, and Fig. 6 avertical section, of the I 5 rosette.

In the first three of the said figures the drawer-pull is shown as fixedto a portion of the front of a drawer, such portion being represented atA.

The nature of my invention is duly set forth in the claims hereinafterpresented.

My improvement relates to the common pendulous drawer-pull, whose knobhas its shank hinged to its supporting-screw, in order that the knob,when at rest, may hang vertically from the screw when the latter isfixed in a drawer or other article.

In the drawings, B denotes the knob; C, its sustaining-shank; D, theconfining-screw; E,

0 the nut, and F the rosette.

is to be struck up from sheet metal by dies, and therefore necessarilyis hollow or chambered, as shown at a.

In carrying outmy improvement I form the 5 said rosette or terminate itat its center with a chambered and notched dome, b, the notch 0 beingextended diametrically and horizontally across the arch of the dome, andto receive the rectangular head d of the confining- 4o screw D. The saidscrewhas a prismatic and somewhat tapering shank, e, to preventitfromturning around in the drawer-front after being inserted therein, andsuch screw also has a rectangular and slotted head, d, formed in 5 topview, as shown in Fig. 4, and in edge view, as shown in Fig. 2. Thishead extends into and fills the notch 0, whereby the notched dome of therosette is made to aid in preventing both the rosette and the screw fromrevolving or working loose on the drawer as well as independently ofeach other.

The said rosette The rosette and its notched dome, when the nut is setup, operate to keep the screw in its normal position, in order for theknob, when down, to ban g vertically.

The knob or handle B is fixed upon a flat shank, C, bent at its upperpart in manner as represented, so as to form a hook,f, and a back stop,g, projecting from it in manner as represented. The said hook hooks intoor upon the slotted head 01, and with such constitutes the hinge of theknob, the back stop,

g, serving, by contact with the dome b, to prevent the knob from fallingagainst and indenting the drawer. 5

Besides the back stop, the shank C is provided with a fore stop, asshown at h h, to prevent the knob from being raised or thrown upwardhigh enough to stop it from falling by gravity to its lowermostposition. The fore 7o stop, by abutting against the upper surface of thehead of the confining-screw, stops the knob at its highest position.

In the above-described draw-pull, I claim as my invention as follows,viz:

1. The rosette chamberedandprovided with the chambered and notched dome,as described, in combination with the knob-shank supporting-screw havingits slotted head constructed as described and inserted in the notch ofthe dome, all being substantially as set forth.

2. The knob-supporting screw hinged to the knob and provided with theslotted head and the prismatic shank, in combination with the nut andwith the rosette chambered and provided with the chambered and notchedextension or dome and having the screw-head arranged in the notch of thedome, all being essentially as set forth. o

3. The knob-supporting shank C, provided with the back and fore stops,in combination with the rosette having the notched extension and withthe confining-screw hinged to the shank and having its head arranged inthe 5 notch of such extension, all being substantially as set forth.

JULIUS E. MERRIMAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. SMITH, BENJ'. PAGE.

